[ PCA 2.3.1+ ] Re-provisioning Compute Node Fails with "configure_server_for_cluster to server: ovcacnXXr1 failed -- Already in cluster" (Doc ID 2316873.1)

Last updated on JULY 14, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

On Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, when attempting to re-provision a compute node, it fails with the following kind of error recorded in the /var/log/ovca.log :

[2017-10-12 07:26:55 1690002] INFO (tenant_group:421) Attempting to add ovcacn09r1 to the Tenant Group Rack1_ServerPool
[2017-10-12 07:26:55 1690002] INFO (ovm:103) Calling ovmwsh script [add_server_to_tenant_group.py] with args ('--tenantgroup=Rack1_ServerPool', '--server=ovcacn09r1')
[2017-10-12 07:27:03 1690002] WARNING (ovm:142) ovmwsh script finished with error: 1
STDOUT: Looking for [server] [ovcacn09r1]
Looking for [tenant group] [Rack1_ServerPool]
Adding the server [ovcacn09r1] to the tenant group [Rack1_ServerPool]
Failed to adding the server [ovcacn09r1] to the tenant group [Rack1_ServerPool]: Error: Job failed. Job description: Add Server: ovcacn09r1 to Server Pool: Rack1_ServerPool.
error: OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: configure_server_for_cluster to server: ovcacn09r1 failed. OVMAPI_4004E Sync command failed on server: 192.168.140.7. Command: configure_server_for_cluster,

Server error: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: <type 'exceptions.Exception'>:Already in cluster: df2eeb0baf0cdbf8

[Thu Oct 12 07:27:02 UTC 2017], summary state: FAILURE

When opening the Oracle VM Manager Graphical User Interface, and editing the server pool, the Time Out for Cluster is set to 120, e.g. :

Changes

Recent re-discovery of the tenant group through the Oracle VM Graphical User Interface.

Cause

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